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Two-time main champion Barbora Krejcikova ousted No. 22 seed Victoria Mboko in straight units with a 6-3, 6-2 victory within the first spherical of the U.S. Open on Monday.
Mboko, the 18-year-old Canadian who received her first WTA title of any type on the National Bank Open in her house nation earlier this month, struggled together with her proper wrist closely taped. While she landed 64 % of her first serves, Mboko additionally suffered from 10 double faults whereas profitable solely 36 of her 70 service factors.
Krejcikova, 29, entered the U.S. Open unranked however is coming off a run to the fourth spherical of the Cincinnati Open. The Wimbledon champion in 2024 and winner of the 2021 French Open, Krejcikova dominated from the outset in opposition to Mboko, profitable 69 whole factors to her opponents’ 49.
Krejcikova will subsequent face unranked Moyuka Uchijima from Japan within the second spherical.
‘I’ve been actually busy, we have been actually working towards and likewise we loved the town,’ Krejcikova mentioned in her on-court interview after the match. ‘We found a variety of good ice lotions across the metropolis and a variety of good eating places.
‘I’m having fun with it. So, it has been good and I hope I may be right here so long as I can.’–Field Level Media